UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- South Sudanese sisters hope for a better future together
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 02/08/2020
“We take care of one another. We don’t know what the future will hold for us.” Finding strength in each other and determined to thrive, South Sudanese sisters ...
- In journey to safety, refugee faces torture and sexual abuse - Rwanda offers hope
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 29/07/2020
Samrawit* was taken by human traffickers and held captive for nearly two years in Libya. She survived horrific violence and sexual abuse. With UNHCR’s help, she...
- Afghan refugee makes masks for entire French village
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 20/07/2020
Hamidullah, a 23-year-old Afghan refugee, wanted to protect his adopted French village from COVID-19. So he went to work on his sewing machine and made more tha...
- Niger: A style all his own: refugee teen hairdresser grooms for life after Libya
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 16/07/2020
Style comes naturally to Tekla, and the Eritrean teenager is now matching his talent with training that is building his skills as a hairdresser. He is one of mo...
- Libya: UNHCR helps reopen health centre during lockdown in Libya
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 16/07/2020
With new equipment and training, a medical centre providing essential healthcare to over 30,000 refugees and Libyans reopens after closing at the start of the C...
- Refugee chef delivers for French COVID-19 frontliners
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 16/07/2020
Nabil Attard, a refugee chef from Syria, lived through a crisis in his home country. Now living in France, he delivers for those on the frontlines during a cris...
- Cate Blanchett: What is statelessness? | #iBelong
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 15/07/2020
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett explains the causes and consequences of statelessness. Here, she outlines the barriers that stateless person may face a...
- South Sudan needs peace and global support as the country marks 9th independence anniversary
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 15/07/2020
South Sudan marks its 9th independence anniversary amidst calls for lasting peace as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. UNHCR, the government a...
- ‘With 12 kids, I need a job that will take me far’
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 10/07/2020
Farka had a full life on his farm near Timbuktu, in central Mali, but had to flee an armed insurgency in 2012, and wound up in exile in Mauritania. After years ...
- Uganda offers hope, opens border for thousands fleeing violence in DRC
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 03/07/2020
Uganda opened two border points along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite COVID-19 lockdown, offering asylum to thousands of people fleein...
